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To: Ron who wrote (60361)	3/8/2006 7:28:49 PM
From: zonkie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 362801

The news blitz is about to begin. The public needs to be whipped into a frenzy over Iran. Junior's lackeys will have their sheep convinced that if we don't attack Iran immediately they will be churning out nuclear bombs in a very short time. If there is one thing we have learned from the tenure of bush it is that you can't believe a damned thing he says.

To: Ron who wrote (60361)	3/9/2006 12:52:07 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 362801

ITunes Offers 'The Daily Show' ____________________________________________________________ Apple’s new Multi-Pass allows customers to buy a month’s worth of Jon Stewart for $9.99. By Dawn C. Chmielewski From the Los Angeles Times latimes.com 8:41 PM PST, March 8, 2006 When it comes to comedian Jon Stewart, Apple Computer Inc. is betting that one download won't be enough. On Wednesday, Apple's iTunes Music Store began offering downloads of Comedy Central's popular satiric newscast, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," and its comedic spin-off, "The Colbert Report." But instead of just offering the shows a la carte, as it does with other new TV programs, Apple unveiled "Multi-Pass" -- a way to buy a month's worth of shows for $9.99, nearly $22 less than the price of 16 episodes at $1.99 apiece. Four shows air every week and each becomes available after it airs. Apple and Viacom Inc.'s Comedy Central Network executives described the new monthly pricing as a way to simplify the purchasing process -- and ensure more consistent revenues. "There are a lot of customers who love `The Daily Show' and want to buy it, but they're not going to remember to come every single day and click `buy,' " said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of iTunes. Analysts predicted that the Cupertino, Calif. company's new pricing would appeal to television studios. "The studios just want the predictability of a subscription. To them, it's more of an annuity stream," said Shaw Wu, an analyst with American Technology Research in San Francisco. "With Apple, as we all know, it's more about selling more hardware -- more iPods, more Macs." Chief Executive Steve Jobs has long criticized the subscription model used by rivals such as Napster Inc. and Real Networks Inc.'s Rhapsody, which charge customers a flat monthly fee for access to music. But Multi-Pass is less a subscription plan than a packaging strategy, Cue said. "This is just a much better way to buy content that you're going to own and keep forever," he said. Internet downloads are far less profitable to the studios than broadcast television. But as DVD sales plateau and commercial-skipping technologies threaten traditional ad revenue, the Apple store represents a new, incremental income stream. It also provides a legal way for customers to get popular shows available through unlicensed channels, such as peer-to-peer networks. "It is for us part of our strategy of ubiquity -- of being everywhere the viewers are," said Michele Ganeless, Comedy Central's executive vice president and general manager. "If they're not at home in front of TV, we want them to get it as quickly as possible."